After liberating a French village, Lt. Hanley is surprised by three German soldiers that kill his driver and damage the Jeep. Hanley manages to kill two of them and capture the third one, who was the commander and an expert in explosives. Hanley learns that the place has been boobie-trapped to kill American soldiers. A local Sister encounters both and tells them it is impossible to stop the villagers that are returning home. The German (skillfully portrayed by Robert Duvall) explains that civilians are not his enemies and agrees to disarm the boobie-traps. However this German soldier has not forgotten it's still his duty to kill American soldiers and escape if at all possible.
—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil